The $90 million re-developed iconic Grand Pacific Hotel is scheduled for soft opening in April next year, 100 years after the hotel first opened.
Chairman of the GPH board Mel Togolo said most of the main accommodation and conference facilities have been built and is now in finishing mode.
Togolo said the swimming pool is completed and is about to be commissioned, after this the furniture, fittings and equipment will be installed.
He said practical completion is scheduled for the end of December this year and various zones of the hotel will be handed to the management to conduct staff training early next year.
The formal opening date has not been decided at this point.
The project is being carried out in a partnership between the Fiji National Provident Fund which holds 25% of the shares, 50% is owned by Papua New Guinea National Superannuation Fund while Lamana Development Limited of PNG owns 25% shares.
Story by: Filipe Naikaso and Sofaia Koroitanoa
